This is an interesting effect. I believe the full text (daunting reading) preprint is available at --
http://arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/1206/1206.3145.pdf I am no expert on this, but my impression is that the heavy quasi-particles described only exist at relatively low energies, and probably dissipate quickly in high temperatures, and also are subject to dynamical constraints. I would be surprised if they could couple to a proton and form anything analogous to muonic hydrogen. -- Lou Pagnucco Eric Walker wrote: > Sorry -- mis-transcription. That's 511 KeV for the electron. > > Eric > > On Thu, Jun 14, 2012 at 6:39 PM, Eric Walker <eric.wal...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> On Thu, Jun 14, 2012 at 10:56 AM, MarkI-ZeroPoint >> <zeropo...@charter.net>wrote: >> >> âElectrons moving in certain solids can behave as if they are a >> thousand >>> times more massive than free electronsâ¦â >>> >> >> In the matter of Widom and Larsen, some fun numbers: >> >> mass proton: 938 MeV >> mass electron: 511 MeV >> mass muon: 105.6 MeV >> (mass proton) / (mass electron): 1836.153 >> (mass proton) / (mass muon): 8.88 >> (mass proton) / (1000 * mass electron): 1.84 >> >> From the Wikipedia article on muon-catalyzed fusion: "If a muon replaces >> one of the electrons in a hydrogen molecule, the nuclei are consequently >> drawn 207 times closer together than in a normal molecule." Maybe you >> don't need neutron formation -- I wonder if one of these heavy neutrons >> from the Nature article could replace an electron in a hydrogen atom and >> remain heavy. Would you then get something along the lines of >> Hydrinos without them being Hydrinos? >> >> Eric >> >> >
